Altseason is on pause again 🤷

The Altcoin Season Index from Blockchain Center dropped to 65, below the 75 threshold needed to confirm altseason. Earlier this month it peaked at 78 — the highest since Dec 2024. 🧐

Bitcoin is taking the lead: its dominance surged to 58.8%, the strongest since early September. Meanwhile, many alts (PI, ICP, WBT, APT, TAO, XMR, TON, PEPE) lagged behind BTC over the past 90 days.

🧐 Correction might not be over yet

🔎 CryptoQuant analysts note the macro bull market is intact, but in the short term the market looks overheated.

📉 Their models suggest the correction could extend down to the +0.4 SD level before buyers regain control.

In other words — long-term bullish, but don’t rule out more short-term pain. 🤷

💳 Coinbase unveils what CEO Brian Armstrong calls the world’s 'best looking' crypto card

The card features an engraving of Bitcoin’s genesis block, created by Satoshi Nakamoto on Jan 3, 2009, including the famous message:

"The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks" 📰

A sleek tribute linking your spending tool directly to crypto history. 🔗

📊 Glassnode notes that long-term Bitcoin holders are cashing out profits at near-historic levels

Historically, such spikes in profit-taking often aligned with major market tops — a signal worth keeping an eye on. 🧐

Are we approaching another key turning point? 👀

Ripple suddenly got political and musical clout 😉

Donald Trump Jr. just followed Ripple’s official X account 👀 — maybe still vibing after Brad Garlinghouse’s wedding last weekend.

And get this: the boss of Ripple had none other than Coldplay’s Chris Martin as the wedding singer 💃🎤

XRP army now waiting for the honeymoon pump 🚀

📉 Public companies with crypto reserves are now buying back their own shares after a sharp drop in stock prices - FT

At least 7 firms launched buybacks, with 5 of them trading below the value of their crypto holdings. 🧐

Example: ETHZilla — holding ~$460M in ETH — saw its stock fall 70% since August. It borrowed $80M against its crypto to fund part of a $250M buyback. 💵

Others like SharpLink Gaming (ETH), Ton Strategy (TON) and CEA Industries show the same pattern: stocks moon on crypto purchases, then crash, then trigger buybacks.

Experts warn this may be a sign of market overheating, calling some of these moves a “death rattle.” ⚠️

Santiment warns of growing FUD: the crowd expects Bitcoin to dump to $70K–$100K 👀

Meanwhile, bullish voices calling for $130K–$160K are much fewer.

And as we know, markets often move against majority expectations. So… should we start waiting for BTC at $160K instead? 😉

🚀 Brian Armstrong back on Fox Business dropping long-term vibes: BTC to $1M by 2030

Heads up – he’s all about playing the loooong game, not day-to-day swings. 🕰💎

HODLers, this one’s for you.

⚡️ BNB Chain is thinking turbo:

🔹 Gas fees could drop from 0.1 → 0.05 Gwei
🔹 Blocks sped up from 750ms → 450ms
🔹 Tx cost ~ $0.005 – now competing with Solana & Base

BNB Chain’s been slashing fees over the past 1.5 years (3 → 1 → 0.1 Gwei). Goal? Keep fees as low as possible while still rewarding stakers >0.5%.

⏳ Proposal stage – validators & users decide next move.

😬 Altseason vibes fading?

📉ETH just slipped under $4K — hasn’t happened in a while. Market-wide liquidations hit $430M, with longs taking most of the pain.

Is this the start of the end for alts, or just another shakeout before the next run? 👀

⏳ In about 165 days, we’ll hit a historic milestone: only 1,000,000 BTC left to mine!

From 21M total supply, over 20M will in circulation. The countdown is on — and scarcity keeps tightening. 🔥

📊 Global money supply (M2) is knocking on its all-time high

🔎 Analysts point out that every time M2 balloons, BTC tends to follow with a price rally.

Fresh fiat → fresh fuel for Bitcoin? 🚀

🇳🇱 The Dutch parliament is officially debating the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve

If approved, the Netherlands could join the list of countries stacking sats on a national level. 🟠📈

State-level HODL mode: ON. 🚀

🇨🇳Chinese company Jiuzi just approved a new crypto investment policy with plans to deploy up to $1B into the market! 💰

👉 At first, they’ll stick to the big three: BTC, ETH, and BNB.
😁 Makes sense — warm up with the majors before aping into alts.

Could be fresh fuel for the next leg up. 🚀

🍔 Steak ’n Shake’s CEO says Bitcoin beats credit cards for them

“We’re saving 50% on processing fees and seeing a big boost since adding BTC payments.” ⚡️

Bitcoin fixing fast food now?

🐂 More Twitter hopium incoming:

Is BTC about to take off? ✈️
If the weekly RSI breaks above 70, history suggests the bull run could continue.

😬 But for now, charts show a bearish divergence — so the market’s still playing mind games.

Hopium or reality? Time will tell. ⏳

Longs got wrecked again 🤷

In the last 24h, over $1B in long positions were liquidated (BTC slipped under $110K, ETH below $3.9K).

📉 Holders dumped BTC at a $2.2B loss today alone.

Next possible stop? $107K 😬

📈 Raoul Pal says the classic 4-year BTC cycle has now stretched into a 5-year cycle

⏳ According to him, Bitcoin’s peak should come in 2026, possibly in Q2.

Raoul Pal — ex-Goldman Sachs exec & co-founder of Real Vision.

So yeah, the party isn’t over yet — it just got rescheduled 🥂

👻 The Fear & Greed Index just tanked to 28 – Fear

Looks like the market’s shaking — but as they say, fear often sets the stage for opportunity. 🫣

🐳 Even whales bleed too

One OTC whale grabbed 60,333 ETH (~$239M) at $4,230 — and just a week later, he’s already sitting on a $16M loss after the correction. 🤷💰

Guess it’s easier to hodl in red when you’ve got whales for company… ☹️